CVE-2026-26936

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity (CWE-1333) in the AI Inference Anonymization Engine in Kibana can lead Denial of Service via Regular Expression Exponential Blowup (CAPEC-492).

CVSS v3 4.9 MEDIUM

4.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-11-9-2-5-security-update-esa-2026-14/385250	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-02-26 18:23

Updated : 2026-03-02 16:01

NVD link : CVE-2026-26936

Mitre link : CVE-2026-26936

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-26936

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

kibana

CWE

CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

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